Sony's latest update improves performance for Xperia Z and ZL

Sony's latest updates for Xperia Z and ZL have improved the performance of both the devices. The update is based on Android 4.2.2. Some of the enhancements in this update are:

• More smooth Boot animation
• Efficient RAM management
• Home launcher is smoother, no more lag
• Update Center has new UI
• 3G Signal strength improved
• Touch response is improved a lot
• Faster sleep and wake
• Low-light image quality improved
• Changes in car mode app
• High resolution image snapping while recording a non-HDR video
• No screen flickering
• No unusual battery reading bug

IT is good to see Sony still trying to make there older flagship's better in all prospective.

LG releases flip covers for LG G2 which is still to be officially announced

LG released flip cover for there upcoming flagship which will be named as the LG G2 . This is a very bad and funny news for an OEM to announce the Cover for there phone which is still yet to be officialy announced. Yes we had some leaked photos confirming the phone and a video which completely showcased the phone and almost confirmed it but still the phone is not official yet. This is a very stupid step by LG.

Speaking of the Flip Covers, these covers are nice and cute. The concept of these cover is definitely from the S View cover for Galaxy S4. It is good to see various color options which makes a point for the phone to be available in different color options, which is actually a good thing. 

Microsoft releases Office 365 app for Android

Microsoft has released Office 365 app for android users. This app lets you edit your docs on phone and then sync them with skydrive. This app gives you access to edit Word, Excel and Power Point documents. The interface of this app is decent, it is not the best but will not either frustrate you.

Office 365 for Android also comes with many limitations like it requires Android version 4.0+, it is only available for phones and not for tablets which is very disappointing, for using office 365 you will need to get subscription from www.office.com whereas on windows phone it is free and come preinstalled.
We hope that in future updates Microsoft might bring some good additional features to this app for Android. 

Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom Review

Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom is a mixture of Galaxy S4 Mini and Galaxy Camera. The Phone has a big Zoom Lens behind, making it look like a Camera from behind and a phone from front. The galaxy S4 Zoom has nothing to much in common in with the flagship Galaxy S4. Lets find out what this Camera phone has to offer in our review.

Hardware and Design:
                                    The phone is made out the same material as other samsung phones are usually made out of i.e. plastic. It has the same hyper glace finish which makes the phone glossy.On the right side there is the power button, volume rocker and the camera button, on the left side there is a tripod port, on the bottom there is a microUSB port and on the top there is a 3.5mm headphone jack. The phone has a big Zoom lens which sometimes might cause problem while handling the phone.

                                                                                              It has an internal storage of 8GB(5GB available) with 1.5 GB of Ram and a microSD card slot, which can take upto 64GB cards. The phone has a 233 mAh removable battery.

Galaxy S4 Zoom

Display:

             The S4 Zoom has a 4.3" 540x960 Super Amoled display which gives it a pixel density of 256ppi. The Display is protected by Corning Gorilla glass 3. This display is not groundbreaking but still a decent to use as daily driver. The screen produces some rich colors and have good saturation and decent viewing angles. Being an Amoled display the problem arrives in direct sunlight, the display is not bright enough to be seen clearly under direct sunlight. Besides that it is a good display but Samsung would have made it better. 

Camera:

             The S4 Zoom is all about camera. It has a 16 MP auto-focus camera with 10x optical zoom. It also has some features like image stabilization, HDR  and panorama. The Camera can record 1080p video 230 fps. The shots taken in proper lightning and outdoors were very good, the camera performs well when there is proper lightning but when it comes to low light photography then don't expect much from this camera.

                                                                                                                                                         The Camera interface is the same as that found on other new Samsung There is also a 1.9 MP front facing camera for video calling.

Galaxy S4 Zoom

Software and Interface:

                                     The S4 Zoom runs Android 4.2.2 with Samsung's own TouchWiz UI. As expected from the TouchWiz UI there are a lot of Samsung features present on this Camera phone. This phone has all the features except the air gesture features which are present on the flagship. Some of the useful features include smart stay, expanded notifications with quick toggles etc. Another added feature is that the Zoom ring can be used for quick shortcuts.

Performance:

                     The phone has a 1.5 Ghz Dual-Core processor with 1.5 GB of Ram. The phone performs very well on day to day usage and can performs most task easily. Multi-tasking is smooth and fast thanks to 1.5 GB Ram. Sometimes though we experience some lag while moving to home screen and switching between apps. The phone performs well throughout the day.

Galaxy S4 Zoom

Pros:

• Good Camera
• Good overall performance
• 10x optical zoom
• Zoom ring can be used for quick shortcuts and for zooming while in camera

Cons:

• No significant feature that could stand on the flagship name of 'S4'
• Poor low light camera performance
• Display could have been at least 720p

Rating: 7.4/10 

Why Google's Event on 24th July was successful

Google recently had there event on 24th of July. The event didn't contained any major announcement or software updates but it had 2 awesome devices to be considered. The first one is the new Nexus 7 2013, this was probably expected already from the leaks. This is a very capable tablet at a very affordable price. Check out more in our full review of Nexus 7 2013. Google also announced Android 4.3 which extremely focus of performance and graphics enhancement. It has new features like Bluetooth low energy, Open Glx 3.0. One more device which was just unexpected by anyone was the Chrome Cast. This tiny little device completely ditched away Apple TV with a 35$ price tag. To know everything about this device just go to: Everything you need to know about Chrome Cast.
The combination of new amazing Nexus 7 along with Chrome Cast and backed up by Android 4.3 was a very smart step which led to the success of this event. People were amazed by two awesome devices with a very low price point

Chrome Cast-Everything that you need to know about it!

Google recently announced there new device called the 'Chrome Cast'. This is a tiny little device is a shape of a dongle which connects to your HDTV via. HDMI port. This is basically a type of media streaming device which is just incredible in its own hype.

Chrome Cast lets you play YouTube, Netflix videos direct from your mobile or tablet or laptop to your HDTV. You just have to plugin it to your TV's HDMI port and connect it to the Wi-Fi network to which your android or iOS or windows or Mac device is connected. When you have done this go to any of the apps that support Chrome Cast (currently YouTube, Netflix, Chrome, Google Play Music)and play some media or browse some content, while doing this you will get a new cast icon which you have to press and after doing that the media will automatically be displayed on the TV. While displaying the content you can also do any other activities on your device as the Chrome Cast is directly streaming the content itself through the internet. In this case the device serves as a remote control. You can play videos through YouTube and Netflix, play music through Google Play Music and display your web content through Chrome browser. Google have released SDK for developers so that they can add the cast functionally to there apps.

Chrome Cast has just much more interesting points to be excited about. It is very easy to use, light and portable to carry. The Chrome Cast comes in a box which contains a USB data cable and a adapter for charging, an HDMI extender and some manuals to guide you. If you buy the Chrome Cast then you also get Netflix subscription free for 3 months.

The price of Chrome Cast is just 35$ which is very less for such an incredible device. My suggestion to you is that just buy this device. It is an awesome gadget. Don't consider it as an old school media streaming device, it is very capable device which will not disappoint you and will cost you only 35$.

Best free replacement for WhatsApp!

Many people have been complaining about WhatsApp as their 1 year period for WhatsApp is going to finish and you have to pay after that. Yes the amount is not that big but still we hunt for things that are free. Now i am providing you a very good replacement for WhatsApp, this is a very well known app but still some may have missed it. The app is called Viber. Viber provides you free messaging and even free calls over the internet. It works the same way as WhatsApp, you have to register your number then you will get a verification code to activate your account on Viber and the app will itself scan the avaiable contacts and add to your Viber directory.
                                   The UI of this app is simple and good, Viber also supports pop-up noifications so when you get a message you can directly reply back from the screen you are on without going into the app.
At the end i would state that Viber is far more better that WhatsApp with added features, simplicity and the reason you are here- its free!

Viber

BlackBerry A10 image leaks

A recent image leak shows BlackBerry A10. According to the leak the phone has a 5" screen and will be powered by a Dual-Core Processor with 2 GB Ram and 8 MP Camera.

BlackBerry A10 image leak

Google brings caching back for offline map viewing

Google now lets you save a map in the cach memory for offline viewing, meaning if you save a map for offline viewing you can view the saved map without even having an internet connection. After saving the map you can also get directions by just switching on the GPS.

Offline Map Caching available on Google Maps

Motorola Moto X shows up in hands of Eric Schmidt

Recently Eric Schmidt was spotted using the Motorola Moto X. The phone was also spotted at the Google event in a video.

Video:

Motorola Moto X showed up in  a video

We also have a close picture of the phone:

Motorola Moto X

Photos of back cover of Motorola X leaked

We are hearing rumors of the X phone from a long time and now we are getting some leaks of the phone. Fist we saw a leaked image of the phone and then a webpage showed up on Motorola's website about the slim profile and colorful options of the Motorola droid ultra. Now we have some leaked images of the colorful back covers of the Motorola X phone. Well seeing these photos it feels that the phone could be made out of plastic but the webpage on Motorola's website also claimed that the droid ultra(maybe the x phone) will have a staibless steel back, so it is very hard to say anything about the X phone. Welll lets wait and watch and hope that Motorola doesn't disappoints us.

Moto X leaked back covers

                           

Moto X leaked back cover

Facebook Stikers now available to PC users

We all know the cool and cute looking Facebook Stickers available on the mobile app and the messenger. These stickers are now available for web  users. These stickers are better and bigger than the old conventional small emoji symbols and there is a large varitey to choose from. There are different categories of stickers thus providing you more choices to express your emotions.

Facebook Stickers

Samsung sells 20 million units of Galaxy S4

Though Samsung slowed down the production of Galaxy S4 but it seems that the phone is selling very good. Samsung have shiped 20 million units of the Galaxy S4 . The rate of selling is 1.7 times faster than Galaxy S3 which took 100 days to reach the same numbers of shipment. Galaxy S4 officialy is the top selling smartphone of Q2.

Samsung Galaxy S4

 
                            But still on some point i think that the sales of galaxy s4 are in danger because samsung is preparing the LTE ADVANCED version of galaxy s4 which is to be launched in Korea, if this version of galaxy S4 is sold world-wide then it might effect the sales of the original GALAXY S4. But currently the phone is selling very good so its hard to predict anything.

Motorola Droid Ultra page showed up on Motorola's website

Motorola, who recently changed there logo, now is looking forword to join the smartphone market again and make its place in the top smartphone sellers list. Motorola showed a smartphone page named as Motorola Droid Ultra. The page asks us to think thin and tells that how a phone can be so thin and still be sterdy as steel. It also tells that the Drpid Ultra will be available in several different colors.

1080p support for WP8 confirmed in a emulator file

Recently a employ who worked for Nokia and Microsoft claimed 1080p support for next WP8 smartphones by providing emulator files from Visula Basic 2013. The files showed 1920x1080 relostion support for WP8. The 1080p support for WP8 was rumored before and now is confirmed. The 42 MP EOS smartphone to be launched by Nokia is also rumored to have a 1080p display.

Experts suggest Nokia to adopt Android to save there sinking ship

An expert recently suggested that Nokia should adopt Android before it becomes difficult for them to do so. Nokia adopted Microsoft's Windows mobile as the only OS to be installed on there devices, but the Windows Mobile hasn't been given too much attention in the mobile market.
                                                                                                      Nokia neglected Android by claiming that they wanted to stay simple. Now it seems like this move may prove in great disaster for Nokia. The 250 billion $ company dropped so badly that now it is not even a 20 billion $. The economic problems went so bad for Nokia that they had to sell there headquarters and take it back on a lease.
                                                                                                                Majority of experts now belive that its time for Nokia to adopt Android or else in the coming few years we might not see any traces of this company which once was the leading phone maker. Even i belive that if Nokia had adopted Android earlier it would currently be the leading OEM.